ACC97: QBE Grid and Property Sheet Save Date Values as String

ID: Q221478

The information in this article applies to:
Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.


SYMPTOMS

When you specify a two-digit date as a criteria in the QBE grid or an object's property sheet, the way the date is resolved as a four-digit date may differ depending on the system settings of the computer on which you run the query.


CAUSE

Microsoft Access 97 stores criteria values from the QBE grid and property sheet settings as strings. These values are evaluated at run time. In the case of dates, your system settings will determine how a two-digit year will be resolved to a four-digit year.


RESOLUTION

To Resolve this problem, install the Microsoft Jet 3.51 Service Pack 2.

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You can ensure that date criteria and property sheet settings are interpreted the same way on all computers by entering them with four-digit years instead of two-digit years. For example, type #1/1/1999# in the QBE Criteria row to ensure that the query will look for records on January 1, 1999, regardless of the system settings of the computer running the query.


STATUS

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Jet 3.51 Service Pack 2.


MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about Microsoft Jet 3.51 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q172733 ACC97: Updated Version of Microsoft Jet 3.5 Available on MSL
For the most recent information about this and other year 2000 (y2k) issues, check the Office 97 Standard and Office 97 Professional Product Gides frequently at the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/y2k/

Microsoft Access resolves two-digit years into four-digit years differently ,depending on the operating system you are using. If you are using Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0, dates are converted based on the version of OLEAUT32.DLL that is installed on the computer. For more information about OLEAUT32.DLL and date interpretation, please see the following white paper:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/white/auto.htm
When Access is run on a Windows 98 computer, the way dates are resolved into four-digit years is dependent on the date window that is set by the user on the Date tab of the Regional Settings dialog box.

For more information about user defined date windows, search Windows 98 Help for "Dates, Year 2000." The following is a list of properties that you might enter a date into:

Table Properties

Table Field Properties

Form Control Properties

Report Control Properties


REFERENCES

For more information about how Microsoft products are affected by year 2000 (Y2K) issues, please see the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/y2k/

Additional query words: pra Y2K kb2000 


Keywords          : kbdta kb2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 6, 1999